Job

Job 4:3–6

³Surely you have instructed many,

and have strengthened their feeble hands.

⁴Your words have steadied those who stumbled;

you have braced the knees that were buckling.

⁵But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary.

It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

⁶Is your reverence not your confidence,

and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	הִ֭נֵּה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
you have instructed	יִסַּ֣רְתָּ	yis·sar·tā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
many	רַבִּ֑ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
and have strengthened	תְּחַזֵּֽק׃	tə·ḥaz·zêq	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
their feeble	רָפ֣וֹת	rā·p̄ō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7504 slack
hands	וְיָדַ֖יִם	wə·yā·ḏa·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd	H3027 hand

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your words	מִלֶּ֑יךָ	mil·le·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4405 word, speech, utterance
have steadied	יְקִימ֣וּן	yə·qî·mūn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
those who stumbled	כּ֭וֹשֵׁל	kō·wō·šêl	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3782 stumble, stagger, totter
you have braced	תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃	tə·’am·mêṣ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H553 be alert
the knees	וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם	ū·ḇir·ka·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd	H1290 knee
that were buckling	כֹּרְע֣וֹת	kō·rə·‘ō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H3766 bow down

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
now	עַתָּ֨ה׀	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
has come	תָּב֣וֹא	tā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
upon you	אֵלֶ֣יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
and you are weary	וַתֵּ֑לֶא	wat·tê·le	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3811 be weary, impatient
It strikes you	תִּגַּ֥ע	tig·ga‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
and you are dismayed	וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃	wat·tib·bā·hêl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H926 alarm, dismay

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Is your reverence	יִ֭רְאָתְךָ	yir·’ā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3374 fear
not	הֲלֹ֣א	hă·lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
your confidence	כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ	kis·lā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3690 stupidity
and the uprightness	וְתֹ֣ם	wə·ṯōm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8537 completeness, integrity
of your ways	דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃	də·rā·ḵe·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
your hope	תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗	tiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8615 cord